If sticks and stones won't break on bones then ____________________ would never hurt mean?
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D.E. Harris
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I hope I understand your question. If you are asking about the meaning of the colloquial saying, perhaps I can assist by providing the full quotation to you. I believe the saying is... "Sticks and STONES may break my bones but words will never hurt me". Historically, grade school children enduring relentless verbal criticism or abuse will recite this rhythmic phrase almost like one would recite a familiar *limerick*. In general, this saying has utility as a child's retort to verbal bullies. Even so, experts do agree that words indeed *can* and *do* "hurt" (albeit in a different way than the wounds of "sticks" and "stones").
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I hope I understand your question. If you are asking about the meaning of the colloquial saying, perhaps I can assist by providing the full quotation to you. I believe the saying is... "Sticks and STONES may break my bones but words will never hurt me". Historically, grade school children enduring relentless verbal criticism or abuse will recite this rhythmic phrase almost like one would recite a familiar *limerick*. In general, this saying has utility as a child's retort to verbal bullies. Even so, experts do agree that words indeed *can* and *do* "hurt" (albeit in a different way than the wounds of "sticks" and "stones").
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